A common problem encountered when troubleshooting room acoustic issues (apart from the room exhibiting an overly long reverberation time or inadequate sound insulation) is the generation of late arriving reflections and echoes. The paper describes a number of techniques using both directional and binaural microphones as well as microphone array techniques for determining the direction, timing, and relative strength of such reflections. It is shown that in many situations, apparently highly directional microphones such as hypercardioid or rifle types, do not offer sufficient directional discrimination to be of much practical use. It is also shown that the inconsistent off axis frequency response of many such microphones can also lead to misleading analyses. Parabolic dish reflector microphones are shown to offer superior performance as do some microphone array techniques. It is shown that binaural measurements can also be a useful approach particularly with regard to assessing the subjective affect of reflections. The results of some early research into a novel extension to the Speech Transmission Index (STI) for assisting with acoustic trouble shooting will also be presented.